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Gloria Copeland — The Power of Standing on the Word Part 4

21 Jul

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

Here is an example of prayer based on these six steps:

“Father, in the Name of Jesus, we ask you for $_______.

“We have this money in our heavenly account and we
are withdrawing this amount now. We believe we receive
$________. As in Mark 11:23-24, we believe it in our hearts
and confess now that it is ours in the Name of Jesus. We agree
that we have $______ according to Matthew 18:19. From this
day forward, we roll the care of this over on You and thank You
for it. Satan, in the Name of Jesus, we take authority over
you; we bind your operation now and render you helpless.
Ministering spirits, we charge you to go forth and cause this
amount to come to us according to Hebrews 1:14. Father, we
praise Your Name for meeting our needs according to Your
riches in glory by Christ Jesus and for multiplying our seed
for sowing in the Name of Jesus.”

When I entered the ministry and enrolled in Oral Roberts
University, my wife and I lived in an old house in Tulsa, Okla.,
and because of business failures, we owed money in every
direction. Then, as we began to grasp the principle of seed-faith
giving and believing God to supply our needs, we decided to
believe God to pay these debts. One night we sat down and figured
what we owed. I got my checkbook and wrote out the
checks that would pay these debts. We laid hands on them and
prayed according to Romans 13:8. “Owe no man any thing, but
to love one another.” I said, “Father, in the Name of Jesus, I am
putting these checks in this desk drawer and am believing You
to get us out of this mess. I am looking to You for the money to
pay all these debts, in the Name of Jesus.” I was not so foolish
as to mail those checks before the money was in the bank. That
is against the law. God will not bless fraud!

We figured to the last penny how much it would take to
operate our household abundantly, even allowing for unexpected
things. We wrote it down and prayed over it in the Name of
Jesus. I made up my mind to be single-minded from that day
forward, and in less than 12 months from that night, we did
not owe anything and haven’t owed a penny since. God did
some miraculous things during that time, and He is still doing
them today! Praise God!

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Gloria Copeland — The Power of Standing on the Word Part 3

14 Jul

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

Romans 13:2 says, “Whosoever therefore resisteth the power,
resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to
themselves damnation.” After I read this in the Word, I broke my
bad confession and began to pray for these men. For the first
time in my life, I went to the polls and voted intelligently. No
longer moved by emotion, I began to pray and seek God in voting
as I did in other areas. When my attitude changed, God
began to give me insight into the political affairs of this country.
After approximately two weeks of praying this way, God
showed me some things about the president. You see, I had
opened myself to receive from God by stopping the strife in my
heart. I had been very critical of the government and politicians;
I griped and complained continually, but God changed
my attitude. When I quit begrudging the government, God
could reveal some things to me and I could receive them. This
opened an area of prosperity I didn’t even know existed. The
Bible says these men, our civil leaders, are God’s ministers for
our good, that they are ordained of God. Our lack of prayer
support for them has caused the problems we have seen.

As a guide for you to use in receiving from your giving in
any area, let me share this little formula. It has worked consistently
for us and will work for you if you commit yourself to it.

1. Decide on the amount you need. Be careful not to cheat
yourself. God is not a skinflint. He is a giver. He is a lover. God
is love. For God so loved the world that He gave. Determine the
amount you need and then be single-minded. A double-minded
man can’t receive anything from the Lord (see James 1:7-8).

2. Get in agreement according to Matthew 18:19. This is very
important. The best and most powerful situation on earth is a
husband and wife who can agree together in these areas.
If this isn’t possible in your particular case, then get together
with another believer and have him join with you.

3. Lay hold on it by faith. Use the principles set out in
Mark 11:23-24. Believe it in your heart and confess it with your mouth.

4. Bind the devil and his forces in the Name of Jesus. You have
the authority in Jesus’ Name to order Satan out of your financial
affairs. This is your responsibility. Don’t ask God to do it.
You do it in Jesus’ Name. Mark 16:17, James 4:7, Ephesians 6
and the entire New Testament tell you to resist the devil. It is
important for the husband and father to do this. It is their
responsibility as spiritual head of the home.

5. Loose the forces of heaven. Hebrews 1:14 refers to the
angels as ministering spirits “sent forth to minister for those
who shall be heirs of salvation.” The Bible also says that angels
hearken to the Word of God (see Psalm 103:20), so when you
use the Word in the Name of Jesus, they are obligated to follow
your command.

6. Praise God for the answer. Praise keeps the door of abundance
wide open. The channel between you and God is clear so
that you can receive from Him.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Kenneth Copeland — The Power of Standing on the Word Part 2

07 Jul

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland

Discipline your vocabulary. Discipline everything you do,
everything you say, and everything you think to agree with
what God does, what God says, and what God thinks! God will
be obligated to meet your needs because of His Word—not
because of your righteousness or your lack of it—but because
of His covenant that was brought into existence the day Jesus
was raised from the dead. If you stand firmly on this, your
needs will be met!

The Bible says that we are to owe no man anything but love
(see Romans 13:8). I will go to any lengths to love a man with
the fullness of what God has given me. Suppose I had owed
several thousand dollars on that airplane when God said to give
it away. If that had been the case, God would not have been
running my ministry; the bank would have been and I could
not have given it!

How do you operate in financial situations without subordinating
yourself to the world’s system? What is the key that
opens the channel in these things? It is available to us, but
instead, all we have known is borrow, borrow, borrow! The
Bible says if you will meditate in the Word of God day and
night, you will have good success and deal wisely in your
affairs. The Word of God is the key.

Begin to meditate on the Word in these areas we have discussed
and give God an opportunity to tell you what to do and
how to function. Remember, the rich young ruler turned and
walked away. That was his biggest mistake! All he needed to do
was say, “Lord, I don’t understand this, but I have confidence in
You. Would You please explain God’s Word in this matter?” He
just assumed Jesus wanted to take away everything he had,
while actually Jesus was offering him the kingdom of God!

Now I want to take a moment and share something else with
you. First Timothy 2:1 says that we are to pray for all men, for
kings, and for all in authority. Paul wrote that we were to pray for
these men first of all. You are to pray according to the Word of
God for the men who operate around you politically. Government
leaders have a great deal to do with your financial life.

The Word of God says, “[Pay] taxes to whom taxes are due”
(Romans 13:7, The Amplified Bible). One of the major things
fouling up your life where prosperity is concerned is your
bad-mouthing the government and its leaders, particularly in
the area of taxation. Most people are operating in strife where
their taxes are concerned, and it has a direct relationship to
the government that provides our financial system. One day
the Lord said, “Quit grumbling and complaining about your
tax money. Pay it cheerfully the way you do your tithe and I’ll
bless it.” From then on, my wife and I started praying over
our tax money—just as we do our tithe—and we have never
had a tax bill that we couldn’t pay. We bless our tax money to
the United States government. That is a change, isn’t it? Get
strife and hard feelings toward your government out of your
heart! The Word says we are to pray and give thanks for our
leaders, not badmouth them!

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Kenneth Copeland — The Power of Standing on the Word Part 1

16 Jun

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

God’s Word is absolutely true. There is great power in the
Word. God has used the words written in the Bible to release
His faith. No Word of God is void of the power it takes to cause
itself to come to pass. No one has ever reached the depth of
what is available in the written Word of God to the believer
who will stand on God’s Word as quickly and as firmly as he
would the word of his lawyer, doctor or most trusted friend.
God’s Word is God speaking to you. God’s Word is not of private
interpretation. It is for whosoever will stand on it and expect
things to come to pass.

When you begin to look forward expectantly to the things
God’s Word promises you, you will then begin to say, “I have
it.” You will then begin to say, “I believe that I receive. My
money is coming to me, and I will be able to be a greater blessing
to the work of God’s ministry, to the poor, and to the other
things that I need to be involved in.”

Standing on the Word of God is a spiritual activity that will
bless and cause you to grow in faith and in power. James says it
like this, “Faith without works is dead” (see James 2:17). He says
to be a doer of the Word, an actor of the Word of God, and not a
hearer only. Then he describes standing on the Word of God or
looking into the Word as looking into the perfect law of liberty.

God’s Word always comes to pass for the man who will
stand and act on it. Your confession of God’s Word will always
come to pass in your life regardless of what opposition Satan
puts up against it because you are confessing and expectantly
standing on the Living Word of the Almighty Jehovah God.
Jesus Christ is the guarantee that our covenant with God, or
God’s Word to us, is absolutely and eternally true. Even if heaven
and earth pass away, thank God, you and I won’t pass away
as we stand on His Word for His Word will not pass away!
Hebrews 1:3 states that He is upholding all things by the Word
of His power. It just makes good sense then to stand on His
Word if you want to be upheld financially. If you want to be
upheld spiritually, get on His Word. If you want to be upheld in
any area of your life, put that area on God’s Word and begin to
confess that you have success and victory in Jesus. It’s yours!

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Gloria Copeland — The Power Of Confession

09 Jun

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

Jesus said in Mark 11:23, “For verily I say unto you, That
whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be
thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall
believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall
have whatsoever he saith.” Notice the last words, “he shall have
whatsoever he saith.” Faith is released with the mouth. Even our
salvation is based on the confession of our mouths that Jesus
Christ is our Lord (see Romans 10:9-10). You can have what you
say! In fact, what you are saying is exactly what you are getting
now. If you are living in poverty and lack and want, change
what you are saying. It will change what you have!

People continually say to me, “Brother Copeland, I cannot
see what the confession of my mouth has to do with the circumstances
around me.” Well, I didn’t understand it much
when I first found out about it. Only the simple fact that Jesus
said it was enough for me to begin to change my vocabulary.
Since then I have learned the powerful force of the spiritual
world that creates the circumstances around us is controlled by
the words of the mouth. This force comes from inside us.

Jesus Himself said, “By thy words thou shalt be justified, and
by thy words thou shalt be condemned” (Matthew 12:37). Words
are containers. They can contain faith, love, fear, hate, or they
can be totally empty. Jesus said that we would stand judgment
for idle (or empty, inoperative) words (see Matthew 12:36).
Remember, we said earlier that all the material substance you
will ever need is already in the earth. Everything you need is
already here. The confession of your mouth will cause you to
possess it. God will see to that. Hebrews 3:1 says that Jesus is
the Apostle and the High Priest of our confession; and Hebrews
4:14 states that we are to hold fast to our confession. We are to
confess what we desire to come to pass. We don’t wait until it
comes to pass and then begin to confess it. In Mark 11:23, Jesus
is talking about saying things that have not yet come to pass.
The mountain had not yet been removed when it was spoken
to. Jesus said for us to believe that those things which we say
will come to pass and then we will have whatsoever we say.
When I learned these facts, it became easy for me to confess, “I
have it now….I can see it through the eye of my faith.” Once I
make deposits in my heavenly account, I can say, I have it and
then it will come to me. Sometimes it comes instantly; sometimes
it comes after it is confessed several times; sometimes it
comes after several days; sometimes it comes after several
weeks. There have been times when it came after months of
confession, but nonetheless, it came! We have God’s Word for
it. It will come to pass!

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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